‘Gadhon ka Sartaj’: Madhya Pradesh BJP MLA has a new name for Rahul Gandhi

ANI | Updated: Mar 07, 2019 20:08 IST

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), [India], Mar 7 (ANI): BJP leader and Indore-3 MLA Akash Vijayvargiya sparked controversy on Thursday by terming Rahul Gandhi as ‘gadhon ka sartaj’ (king of donkeys).He even accused the Congress president of acting like ‘anti-national’ of late.“Earlier, he was called 'Pappu', that was a harmless and an affectionate name. But of late, he has been acting like an anti-national. So we now changed his name from 'Pappu' to 'Gadhon ka Sartaj’,” he said talking to media here.Akash Vijayvargiya is the son of BJP General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.Akash contested elections from Indore-3 for the first time in recently held legislative elections. He defeated three-time MLA and Congress veteran Ashwin Joshi by a margin of 5700 votes. (ANI)

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